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Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation collection
- Title
- Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation collection, 1968-1997.
- Author
- Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 653 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 1 folder
- Summary
- The Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation Collection includes a list compiled in 1968 of members of the congregation, a photocopy of a letter from Iris R. Woods to Mrs. Roy thanking her for assistance and gifts to the congregation, and a letter certifying purchase of a burial plot in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, 1997.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project funded by the Lilly Endowment.
- Subjects
- Black people > Religion
- Black author
- Jewish cemeteries > New Jersey > Fairview (Bergen County)
- Judaism > 20th century
- African American Jews
- Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Jews > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > Religion
- Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, Bergen County, N.J.)
- Source (note)
- Rabbi Hailu Paris
- Biography (note)
- The Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation, a black Hebrew congregation, was formed in the late 1950s in Brooklyn and disbanded in the late 1960s-early 1970s. In 1988 the congregation formed a burial society and now owns and operates the Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, New Jersey where members of the congregation are buried.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Zakor: Israelite History and Archives Project.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 653
- OCLC
- 818873431
- Author
- Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation collection, 1968-1997.
- Biography
- The Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation, a black Hebrew congregation, was formed in the late 1950s in Brooklyn and disbanded in the late 1960s-early 1970s. In 1988 the congregation formed a burial society and now owns and operates the Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, New Jersey where members of the congregation are buried.
- Linking Entry
- Zakor: Israelite History and Archives Project.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 653